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Library Materials Cost Studies in ARL Libraries. SPEC Kit 95.
Lynden, Frederick C. – 1983
Replacing a January 1980 publication of the same title, this collection of cost tables and other documentation from library materials cost studies conducted by members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) or by library vendors contains excerpts from: (1) local cost studies conducted at Colorado State University, Indiana University, Iowa…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Cost Indexes, Data Collection
Changing Workloads and Productivity in Interlibrary Loan.
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Paine, Nancy E.; Ward, John – Journal of Library Administration, 1996
Compares interlibrary loan data from a 1995 survey of Greater Midwest Research Library Consortium and Association of Research Libraries members with a 1989 survey. Shows an increase in transaction to staff ratio and a negative correlation between transaction to staff ratio and lending fill rate. Relates factors affecting productivity, such as…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Document Delivery, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Collection Growth, Expenditures, and Automation in Academic Libraries: A Preliminary Inquiry.
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Werking, Richard Hume – 1989
A study was conducted to examine library data and trends among a group of 42 liberal arts colleges known as the "Bowdoin List." Questionnaires were completed and returned by 35 of the colleges, and interviews were conducted with the library directors at 22 of the colleges. The first of 10 sections in this report presents the statistical…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Library Automation
The Automation Inventory of Research Libraries.
Sitts, Maxine K., Ed. – 1985
This publication reporting the responses of 92 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members to an automation inventory survey conducted in March 1985 was generated from a database developed by ARL to provide timely, comparable information about the extent and nature of automation within the ARL library community. Among operational systems, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Systems
The Automation Inventory of Research Libraries, 1986.
Sitts, Maxine K., Ed. – 1986
Based on information and data from 113 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members that were gathered and updated between March and August 1986, this publication was generated from a database developed by ARL to provide timely, comparable information about the extent and nature of automation within the ARL community. Trends in automation are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Systems
Detailed Data Analysis of the CLR Online Catalog Project. A Final Report.
Lawrence, Gary S.; Matthews, Joseph R. – 1984
In 1981 and 1982, a group of 5 organizations conducted a coordinated study of public online catalog users and nonusers in 31 research, academic, community college, public, and governmental libraries with 17 different online catalogs. It was found that: (1) the most important user characteristic linked with success and satisfaction in using online…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Library Automation
The Automation Inventory of Research Libraries Based on Responses of 115 ARL Members.
Sitts, Maxine K., Ed. – 1987
This inventory provides profiles, tables, and listings of automated library activities at 115 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions. The library profile covers 18 functions: (1) acquisitions; (2) serials check/claim; (3) serials/union list; (4) authority control; (5) cataloging/utility; (6) cataloging/local; (7) circulation; (8)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Systems